Press Statements
Statement on the Stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela on 29th January, 2025
12 Feb, 2025PUCL demands that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chaired by the PM, make public their assessment of causes of stampede and suggestion of measures to be taken to ensure similar disaster doesn’t occur in remaining 2 weeks of Kumbh Mela ending on Maha Shivaratri on 26th Feb.2025. PUCL intends to place evidence...
PUCL salutes the fight for justice led by Zakia Jafri (1939-2025) against the 2002 genocide in Gujarat
04 Feb, 2025Will continue to stand in solidarity with the struggles of other victims PUCL expresses its sorrow and anguish at the passing away of Zakia Jafri at the age of 86 on 1st February at Ahmedabad. Zakia Jafri was a brave fighter for justice for the victims of the Gujarat carnage of 2002 , against overwhelming odds. It is a sad comment...
PUCL expels R. Eswarraj, Haneef Saheb Pajapalla and Ajoy D’ Silva
05 Jan, 2025We herewith inform the Government officials, Bank officials, the District Collector and District Superintendent of Police and other officials, Media, as well as to bring the attention of the general public of Dakshina Kannada, to the findings of the National Enquiry Committee of the PUCL, which enquired into allegations against R....
PUCL's detailed response to the observations made by the Special NIA Court, Lucknow; against the PUCL and other Human Rights organisations
09 Jan, 2025FIR 60/2018; Case numbers 1049/2022, 1758/2022 and 2766/2022; Targeting human rights activism: Shocking comments by the NIA Court, Lucknow, against PUCL for promoting the constitutional values of ‘spirit of harmony’ and ‘brotherhood’. The PUCL hope that these prejudiced and invidious observations are suo motu expunged from...
PUCL Commentary: Lies, half truths and evasions: Amit Shah’s symbolic appropriation and material destruction of the Ambedkarite Constitution
25 Dec, 2024The statement by the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah during a debate in the Rajya Sabha marking 75 years of India’s Constitution, referencing Dr Ambedkar has given rise to a much needed debate on what Ambedkar means for contemporary India and the political forces who are seeking to appropriate his legacy? In the course of ...
PUCL condemns the unremitting persecution of well known fact-checker Mohammad Zubair
25 Dec, 2024Demands that the malicious and arbitrary prosecution be withdrawn The PUCL condemns the unremitting persecution of well known fact -checker Mohammad Zubair and his organisation, Atlnews. The latest FIR filed against him for merely tweeting and sharing publicly available videos of Yati Narsinghanand flies in the face of both la...
PUCL Condemns Harassment of and Malicious FIR against human rights Activist and National General Secretary Nadeem Khan of the APCR by Delhi Police
01 Dec, 2024PUCL is shocked at the manner in which Delhi Police is conducting a targeted witch-hunt and harassment of human rights activist Nadeem Khan, at the instigation of a few social media accounts on Twitter. Today (30th November 2024), at 5 PM, four police personnel including the SHO of Shaheen Bagh Police Station in Delhi, came to a p...
Statement on NTCA’s 19th June order to expedite evictions in the name of tiger conservation - CNAPA
03 Oct, 2024We, the undersigned Indigenous community leaders, solidarity activists, journalists, and academics, call on everyone concerned about the rights of Indigenous and forest-dwelling communities and the future of conservation to pay urgent attention to the recent despotic move of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to evict pe...
Joint statement by women's organisations in the matter of acquittal of accused in the Glorification of Sati cases of 1987
25 Oct, 2024CM Bhajan Lal, ensure that appeal be filed against the recent acquittals in the Glorification of Sati cases Pursue appeal or any other remedy so that justice Is ensured. Stop all efforts of promotion of Glorification of Sati We women’s organisations who form a section of the women’s movement in the state and...
Dr. GN Saibaba’s untimely demise a loss to the academic and Human Rights Community
14 Oct, 2024The PUCL demands that his wife get all benefits from Delhi University, which Dr. Saibaba was denied by non- restoration of his job by DU The People’s Union for Civil Liberties expresses deep grief due to the untimely demise of Dr. Saibaba, caused because of post operative complications related to the surgery of his gall bladder....